Event
Tuesday, September 22, 2026
RSVP to attend the release of the new report here.
On Tuesday, September 22, the Bayh-Dole Coalition will host a Capitol Hill event to unveil our new landmark report measuring the economic impact of America’s technology transfer system under the Bayh-Dole Act.
The program will explore key findings of the report, feature remarks from expert speakers, and include a panel discussion on Bayh-Dole’s role in driving America’s economy, global competitiveness, and national security.
Prepared for the Bayh-Dole Coalition by Vital Transformation, the new report examines nearly three decades of AUTM data to provide a comprehensive look at how inventions benefiting from federally funded research at U.S. universities and nonprofit hospitals and research institutions impacts the American economy — from trillions of dollars in economic activity and millions of American jobs to dramatic growth in patenting and commercialization.
The analysis also updates previous studies with five years of additional data from the AUTM licensing surveys and, for the first time, provides state-by-state insights into the reach of technology transfer across the country.
At a time of intensifying global competition, these new findings show what’s at stake for American innovation — and why protecting the Bayh-Dole system matters for our economic future.
WHAT: Bayh-Dole Coalition Capitol Hill Event: Measuring the Impact of American Innovation
WHEN: Tuesday, September 22, 2026 from 9:30-10:30 AM ET
WHERE: Senate Dirksen Building, Room 562 (50 Constitution Ave NE, Washington, DC 20002)
The report builds on the 2022 analysis, “Economic Contributions of University/Nonprofit Inventions in the United States: 1996-2020,” prepared for the Biotechnology Innovation Organization and Association of University Technology Managers by Lori Pressman, Mark Planting, Carol Moylan and Jennifer Bond. Using the 2022 report’s established methodology, the new report examines five additional years of AUTM licensing survey data to assess how the commercialization of patented inventions supported by federally funded research at American universities and nonprofit hospitals and research institutes has continued contributing to U.S. economic growth through 2025.